Katie M. Lyon, Colorado State University
Michael Levy, University of California - Davis
Kenny Wallen, Texas A&M University
Patrick Bitterman, University of Iowa
Ellen Esch, University of California - San Diego
Michael Saha, University of Virginia
James D. Absher, USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station
Gerard Kyle, Texas A&M University
problem statement and/or research objective
Robinson et al., 2007
Robinson et al., 2007
Why SEM Examples of application to ABM
Structural equation modeling
standard statistical method in the social sciences
Measurement model
Structural model
SEM provides a modeling anchor for:
1. set of decision criteria that play a role in the given decision process
2. existing relationships between the criteria
3. relative relevance of criteria
Lorsheid et al., 2014
Cluster analysis Groups analysis
Decision criteria
Coupled model